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| U.S. Senators urge Iraqi leaders to speed up govt. formation |
| 2010-07-04 |
| BAGHDAD / Aswat al-Iraq: U.S. Senator John McCain, who leads a Congress delegation to Iraq, urged leaders of the war-torn country on Saturday to accelerate formation of an independent government including all groups of the Iraqi people. “We met with the Iraqi leaders and encouraged them to speed up efforts to form a government as soon as possible. We did not offer any proposals,” McCain said in statements replying to a question by Aswat al-Iraq news agency during a press conference held at the U.S. embassy in Baghdad. Senators John McCain, R-Arizona, Joe Lieberman, I-Connecticut, and Lindsey Graham, R-South Carolina, spoke to reporters at a news conference during their visit Saturday. Vice President Joe Biden also arrived in Iraq Saturday to celebrate the July 4 holiday with U.S. troops. “Baghdad to us now is a very different city than when we first came here,” Lieberman said. “It’s thriving, it’s clean, there’s growth going on, it’s great to see.” McCain echoed those sentiments, noting that the delegation was able to walk through downtown Baghdad to a bakery. Graham added, “What’s happened in three years is amazing.” The U.S. senators pressed Iraqi politicians to select a new government. A new government should be selected that reflects the election results and the will of the Iraqi people, McCain said. Hopefully the negotiations will provide results as soon as possible, he said. Graham honored the American troops and Iraqi troops who lost their lives in the war. “The Iraqi people have suffered for their own freedom,” he said. |
| Posted by:Steve White |
| #2 ..a Congress delegation.. Who can't even pass a budget back home, want to tell others how to run things. Pot, Kettle. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2010-07-04 11:07 |
| #1 "the war is lost" /Harry Reid |
| Posted by: Frank G 2010-07-04 10:10 |